What’s this . . on tugster, a bit of sidewalk with some not yet busted stains better know as gum spots? But look at the date and info on the black granite plaque below, one of 200 or so that commemorate past ticker tape parade along Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

It turns out that Capt. George Fried is honored on two of these medallions for two of these rescues. Never heard of Capt George Fried?